sharp rise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpandrise
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sharp
adjective
uk/ʃɑːp/us/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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rise
noun
uk/raɪz/us/raɪz/
an ...
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(Definition ofsharpandrisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thesharpriseafter 1870, peaking in the late 1880s, is very obvious.
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This was accompanied by asharprisein the incarceration rate, from 95.5 to 190 prisoners per 100,000 head of population.
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In the course of the nineteenth century, there was asharprisein industrial employment.
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This is consistent with thesharprisein the real interest rate that follows the implementation of the disinflation policy.
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It produces asharprisein atmospheric humidity, even though no rain has fallen.
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The three-year moving averages of proportions for both men and women show asharpriseto a peak in 1987, followed by a fall which tails off in the 1990s.
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Asharprisein the proportion of their expenditure devoted to food occurred, whereas a substantial improvement in their living standards led to a sustained decline in that proportion.
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Thesharpriseof the roll-off exponent was still scaled with the vortex merging locations, but was delayed to between the second and third vortex merging regions (figure 13).
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What is most worrying is thesharprisein youth unemployment.
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Thissharprisemust be kept well in mind.
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Will they be updated adequately to take account of thesharprisein rents that is likely to occur next spring?
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The schemes have been criticised as likely to cause asharprisein food prices.
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For example, during the last decade we have seen asharprisein drunkenness, particularly among young people.
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We immediately paid the police more, and there has been asharprisein recruitment.
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This has coincided with a sudden andsharprisein the cost of generic medicines.
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Thesharprisein participation rates in the early 1990s reflects the expansion of the higher education sector during these years.
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This verysharprisehas caused a great deal of discontent among passengers.
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This same expenditure profile leads to asharprisein subsequent years.
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